Re: [Bug binutils/273] FAIL: size -A

From:

Nick Clifton

Subject:

Re: [Bug binutils/273] FAIL: size -A

Date:

Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:13:07 +0100

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Hi Dave,

Which compiler are you using ?

The report was with gcc (GCC) 3.4.0. I tried 3.3.3, 3.5.0 20040610,
and HP "cc -Ae", all with the same result. I also tried 3.5.0 at
-O0.
All the compiler builds that I have installed have had a full bootstrap
and check prior to installation. Given that the problem occurs both with
GCC and HP cc, it seems unlikely that this is a host compiler bug.
I don't know much about 3.2-gnupro-03r1-3 but I do know the main cvs
versions contain a substantial number of fixes relative to 3.2. The
3.3 branch is currently the main build compiler for the debian and
gentoo parisc-linux ports, so it has received quite a bit of real-world
testing.

OK then, lets assume that it is a binutils bug which for some reason is
not being exposed by the gcc 3.2 based compiler I am using.
Unfortunately this means that I am not going to be able to debug the
problem myself.

I could send you the *.o files from my bfd and binutils directories.
Maybe these could allow you to verify that a) they build a working
'size' program and b) isolate which file(s) are broken ?

Cheers
Nick

PS. Just a shot in the dark here: if you try recompiling the bfd and
binutils sources with -fno-unit-at-a-time does the problem go away ?